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The Osceola times., 1887-07-16
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS,

TIE work Of the Bureau OF Pensions for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, makes
a remarkable showing. The total number
OF pension certificates OF all kinds issued
was III, $40, OF which 81, 1874 were original
allowances.
THE National Rubber Works. Bristol, X.
l., on account OF the large amount of man.
ufactured goods on hanH, has suspended
work for an indefinite period.
THREE colored children were burned to
death near Tchula, Miss, on the 9th. Their
parents went to church, leaving four chill
dren in the house. The eldest, aged ten
years, set n lighted lamp near a bed, which
caught fire, and three of the children were
burned to death.
THERE were five new cases OF yellow
fever reported at Key West, Fla, on the
10th. The record to that date was: Total
cases, 50; deaths, q; sick at present, 93; /;
discharged cured, 23
JAMES q. BLAINE made a speech at
Ednburg, Scotland, on the 10th, the occa-
sion being the laying of the corner stone
Of the new library building.
TIE Egyptian cotton report shows the
plant is generally strong and in good con-
dition.
WHILE all nationalities were represent
ed in the successful revolt In Honolulu
made against King Kalakaua, Americans
were predominant, assisted by the English,
French and Portuguese residents.
DisCoSTEST is spreading smong the
Knights OF Labor, iron and steel workers
lthrosghout the country. They are iudi.-
uant at the general officers Of the order
becLlse they have not been granted a
National Trades Assembly, and already
from the order unless a charter is granted.
A COMPANY was organized at Clarksville
Tenn, on the 9th for the purpose of boring
for natural gas. Prof. Lyon, who has
been making extensive investig ations, says
he is sure gas will be found within 100 feet
Of the surface.
A SENSATION was caused a. FL Paso,
Tex, by Sheriff James II. white publicly
Gaming 4. X. Fox, a prominent stone
mason and contractor. The Gaming was
the sheriH's reply to q challenge which
Fox sent him TO fight duel In Mexico.
THE Supreme Court of Arkansas on the
9th affirmed the constitutionality aud
validity Of the act OF the last Legislature
reducing raiIrC 81 passenger fares to three
cents per mile, which was resisted by the
Memphis and little Rock Railroad Com
ipany on The ground OF q defect in the en-
lrollment of The bill.
sLiesr ssrthquaks >rsmors were sel.
aisersDt asi Isinls r. South Caroline oe ~
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A New Archlep,scOpaI See.

DETROIT, Mich, July 1o.-It comes from
a source that is worthy of respect that
Detroit will be made an archiepsco copai
see, and that when a successor is ap-
pointed TO Bishop Borgess., resigned, it
will be Bishop Chatard, Of the Vncenncs
Qnd.) diocese He is at present travelling g
in Europe. He was graduated at Mount
St. Mary's, Emmetts burg, in 1853 and then
adopted the profession OF mslicine, but
after practicing a year, he became an
ecclesiastical student at Urbana college,
Rome, and was ordained priest in 1852
The next year he was made doctor Of
divinity. and became vice-rector OF the
American College at Rome, afterward be.
coming rector
The Osceola times., 1887-07-16
The Sturgeon River Mine DiSaster.

METROPOLITAN, Mich, July 1L-Partic
ulars Of the Sturgeon river iron mine
disaster are as follow: Fifteen mea were
blasting in one of the east levels Of the
mine, near here, and seven Of them left
the level just after a charge was fred
and came up the shaft, leaving the others
TO follow, but instead Of doing this they
fingered, and were caught ia the
tremendous rush coming from vein of
water, which raised immed iately to .
height OF aftesn or eighteen feet These
men were Ill more or less green ct the
work, end wers all Italians. There were
ample means Of egress, - was shown b.
~ ousytyorU' teetmQuY
The Osceola times., 1887-07-16

southwestern portion Of the State nearest
TO Texarkana. Other jurisdictions are
cut up somewhat. Little Rock is not,
however, especially affected. The jud &c
and United States district attorney from
Little Rock will run the court Increased
importance OF Texarkana, together with
a large amount of Federal court cases
arising in that section OF the State, ren.
dered the establishment Of this branch Of
the court necessary, and IT is expected
great good will iuure from it. .
The rain has got in its work.
c. o. yacko, colored. has sued f. A.
Fuller, also colored, editor OF the Little
Rock Sun for libel, for publishing state
ment charging Jacko with collecting
funds for defraying the expenses Of tho
Colored Teachers State Association. The
case was set for July z
The Netherlands American Land Com
pany of Ans terdam, Holland. have filed
their certificate OF appointment of agency
in this State, according TO the provisions
Of an act Of the last Legis ature naming
the conditions under which foreign cor.
porauons could do business in this State
Judge E. W. Kimball was appointed
agent for the company.
Searcy has been raised from fourth
class to a presidential postoffce.
The State Geologist is compiling map,
of the State in order that the necessary
neld work can be prosecuted. II is his
| desire TO send Prof Comstock TO Garland
and Montgomery counties this week
Prof. Comstock has spsnt most of his life
in the investigation OF economic geology,
and there is no doubt OF the fact that he
is the right man in the right place.
"Old Father" Ryan, OF Belmont, aged
eighty EIGHT years, Is still active; In fact,
he Is one OF the liveliest citisens in tho
neighborhood. he lives with his family.
His crop consists Of seven and . hall
seres In corn and hve IN cotton, with
some watermslons, popcorn, etc.
CAsrlss ovsrsasa has been ssatssosa
- - hsaPee q ysSst>sviils. oesebss1
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A Corner on Salmon.

SAY FRAycIsoo, July 10 1t is known
that W. 7. Coleman a. Co. have ooruered
the salmon market, having purchased re-.
Gently 1900 cases. II is also stated that
j. X. Armslee, the Chicago salmon
operator, is in the Colum bia river trying
10 get Sufficient quantity Of fish TO ill
contracts with his Eastern purchasers.
His purchase contracts all contained the
'ff packed" clause, while his sale con.
tracAs were made on . positive basis.
Re has thus far been unsb'e 10 secure
enough salmon TO hll his obligatious, and
the prospscts ara now very small 10 his
beng sels - 40 %, cousideripg ~ tall
~ = ~ ssluss rvs.
The Osceola times., 1887-07-16
The American PARTY.

SAN Francisco, July 11.-Politlcs re-
ceived quite shakeup by the recent
organization of the American party in
this State. 1t was looked upon az the
last State election as simply device
engineered TO beat the Repu blican cand-
date. In this IL succeeded by the merest
chance, but it's novel principles attracted
a larger following than was expected,
and there are strong indications Of q
healthy growth ofthe new party. Bossism
In both Of the regular parties has so filled
every one with disgust that the new
party is gladly welcomed by many, and
win in ell probab ability hold the balance Of
power in all future elections in this
State.
The Osceola times., 1887-07-16

The crop is under unusually clean Guilt
vaton. There are few reports Of injury
from excessive moisture, and few Of
drought. Cotton worms are indicated in
very few localities
The Osceola times., 1887-07-16
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

MARK SHANNON, Painssville (O) sculp-
tor, well-known in the prime pal cities of
the country, met with horrible death at
Erie, Pa, on the 9th. He was at work on
the Government building being erected
under the direction Of Supervising Archi.
tect Bell A misstep precipitated him
from the roof TO the ground. His body
vas crushed, and death Resulted imme-
61abely.
ouoootA = ssasdslis,d BY revelations
: - aassf2 = ~ eesytcs tease W.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12

There is at present in the hospital Of
the charity, says Paris letter, young
nOn-commissioned officer, as he would be
called in England, who is undergoing treat
ment as victim to opium smoking. The
soldier, who is q man of education, has
given o remarkable account Of his expert
ences as an opium smoker. He says that
while In Tonkin, or Cochin China, one Of
the French Generals caused an order to be
issued against the use Of the drug. and
this very prohibition was the means Of
making several men try opium smoking
through curiosity. The non-cOmmisioned
officer went with some comrades to the
smoking saloon of village. There a
woman came to him and filled q long
pipe with small ball OF what appeared to
be q thick brown syrup, made as consistent
rs wax. This the soldier was pressed to
take, and, placing its bowl over q lamp
which was alignt, he inhaled what seemed
to be the fumes Of sugar and burnt apples.
He was at first rendered Ill, but after y
second pipe was plunged into the ecstatic
dreams described by De Quincy, Baude-
lalre, and N. Paul Bonnetain. He seemed
to float in bath Of lukewarm milk, and
memories that had long lain buried passed
clearly through his imagination. He recol-
lected forgotten melodies, snatches Of
songs, and extracts from favoriie authors;
but when he awoke from the reverie he was
perspiring with pain and fear. After this
he kept up the habit for six months. His
general appearance Is that Of Q person
who hes been paralyzci.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Aug. IA Courier
special from Paducah, KY, says that just
preceding the earthquake Monday night.
. farm Of three hundred acres, planted i'm
corn and tobacco, sank from four II six
feet, and that the basin began at once to-
all with water. There were two colOred
families living on the place. who did not
feel the settling Of the earth, but were
awakened by the water pouring in ON the
floor of their cabins. They got on to high
ground safely. Trigg County is about
sixty-hve miles from ''the sunken lands'T
that vent down sixty to seventy feet dur
ing the New Madrid CONFUSION about
sixty years ago.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
Fearful Wind Storm.

WA-KEENEr, Kan, Aug. 6-Millbrook,
tho county seat Of Graham County, twenty
miles north Of here, was almost destroyed
about shutdown Thursday by q straight
wind from slightly west Of north. The
place contained about 400 inhabitants and
only one house, q residence, was not badly
injured. The business houses were blown
down or wrecked and the goods exposed to
the rain. which fell later and were greatly
damaged. One person, q boy three
years old, was killed, but about
tanned the breaking Of limbs, but only one
Of the injured is likely to die. This is W.
b. Keithfield who lives ut Wa-Keeney and
has furniture store here and one at Mill
hrO0lr
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
Alleged Discrimination.

KANSAS CIrr, No., Aug 2-Ncticc has
been sent out to the $50 members Of tbs
Board Of Transportation Of this city that
meeting will be held On Thursday next to
consider what course it would be best to
pursue in order to secure the discoa.inu.
ance OF the unjust railroad discrimination
now practiced against the merchants aud
manufacturers Of Kansas City. The circu-
lar says that the condition Of affairs now -
worse than it was year ago, AID calls At
tention to the discrimination against Kan
sas City in favor OF Omaha and Lincoln by
tho MissouriPacific.a and in favor Of points in
Kansas, Nebraska and Northwestern Mis-
sOuri by the Chicags. Burlington 4 Quincy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
A Deadly Encounter.

NACOGDoCHEs, Tex, Aug. 6-Last night,
at the close Of q concert in the suburbs OF
the town, deadly encounter occurred be-
tween seven or eight white boys on the
one side and ten or fifteen negroes on the
other. The negroes provoked the fight by
hating the whites and drawing their re-
volvers. Forty or fifty shots were ex-
changed at very close range. VI the
negroes, JEFF Simons was shot through the
heart; Porter Anderson was mortaily
wounded; Tom Thorn received a bullet in
his shoulder. and Levi Allison received
several slight wounds. Giles H0lton was
the only one Of the whites injured. lis
received q snght wound in the hip and .
dangerous one in the leg.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
Tho Pennsylvania storm.

READING, Pa, Aug. 3.-One Of the most
terrific storms ever witnessed in this Sec
ton passed over Strouchsburg, this county,
Monday night. and many fields and build
ings were flooded. In the midst Of the
storm four vivid flashes Of lightning were
seen, and were followed by loud peals OK
thunder. Immediately thereafter the his
toric Christian Lutheran Church. one mile
from town, was discovered to be on fire,
and ia an hour the beautiful church was IN
runs. the Sunday school organ alone being
saved. The loss to the congregation will
be s.O.CO0; insurance, 5000. This edifics
was one Of the landmarks of the Lutheran
Church in America Its cornerstone was
laid IN 111S.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Probably the last
revolutionary war pension claim that wilf'
ever be fled At the Pension Office was al
lowed by Pension Commissioner Black yes
terday. The claimant is Mrs. Mary Casey
Of Washington, o. Her husband, John
Casey, served during the revolution in the
Virginia Inns.
He died in 1915 at the age of seventy
i've. A few years prior he was married TO
Mary Clark, then sixteen years old. lem
years ago Mrs. Casey fled application Tor
q pension. but il was pigeon-hoied on some
technically and was but recently called 70
Commissioner Blacks attention. No valid.
reason existed for the delay and the claims
was allowed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
KANSAS PENSIONS.
Figures showing the Number and Amounts
Clicks Annual Report.

Figures showing the NUMBER anu Amounts
Clicks Annual Report.
TOPEKA. Kan, Aug. 5.-The following in
formation in regard to pension matters is
CLEANED from the annual report Of Pension
Agent Click, of the Topeka agency, which
ranks third in Importance, though the cost
of paying pensions was less per capita and
less per cent. than any other:
During the fiscal year ended June 30
there were placed on the rolls 5,39i new
names, classified as follows: Invalids,
2.5l9; widows, $40; survivors Of the Next
can war, sos; widows of the Mexican war,
%; widows of the war Of 1872, ~. The
amount required annually to pay their
claims is S5l9,276. There were restored to
the polls I7S names which had been
dropped from time to time for varI-
Gus causes, the parties having made good
their titles. The amounts Of first payments
in original cases during the year footed up
g ZIG 1856 ~, distributed among 4,21 PEN
sioners. Tho number OF names dropped
from the rolls was ,a3l5, of which 791 were
invalids, 500 widows, 13 survivors OF the
war of 1919 and 81 widows CT 1872 OF
these 955 died, 30 failed to claim pensions
for three years and 131 were remarked.
The term widows not only includes widows
but also mothers, fathers and minor chill
dren under guardianship. The number so
classified is AIS, divided as follows: Wild
ows without minor children. 2,2sl; widows
with minor children, 574; guardians Of
minor children, 2ll; mothers Of soldiers
who died in service, 94S; fathers Of soldiers
who died In service, liz.
The total number Of pensioners on the
roll June 80, was g, al, divided into the fol-
loving classes: Invalids, 24,1O2; widows,
Ass; survivors Of the Mexican war, sos;
widows Of Mexican war veterans, 76; sur
vivors Of the war Of 1912, ~; widows of
veterans Of the war of 1912, 437. The num-
Der of pensioners on the roll June 81, 1886,
was p, 365. gain OF 4,3S6. The disburse-
ments during the year were: To inva-
lids. &, 4Oe, 474.49; widows, 81, 25J, 593 So;
survivors OF the Mexican war, 81, 362 81;
widows OF Mexican war veterans. $3B.64 ;
survivors of the war Of 1912, &3G5S Sc;
widows Of veterans Of the war Of 1872,
e69, 1l069; examining surgeons fees, SlOS,-
264.27; salary Of agent, 1900; clerk hire,
$92l433; expenses Of agency $3.50 50; total,
81 1852. OF the amount paid out at
torneys who prosecuted claims received
So, 50. The annual value Of the pay
roll, inclusive OF amounts allowed in tho
original cases, is sS,66o,5a9. That is the
amount required to pay all pensioners now
on the roll when all vouchers are presented
ouarterlv
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
No Hope For the Chicago Anarchists.

No Hope For the Chicago Anarchists.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. 4.-The Peoria Journal
prints . special from Galesburg, ILL.,, which
states that Justice A. II. Craig, OF the
Illinois Supreme Court, is reported, OBJ
good authority, to have recently droPped
in Q conversation with a prominent bust
ness man remarks to the effect that the
Supreme Court would not grant new.
trial to the condemned anarchists at Chi
cago, The court was unanimous in this de-
cision, which was to be kept from the pub
lie until the opening Of the September
term.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
THE LATEST.


The Irish Land bill passed Its third read
ing in the House Of Commons on the 9th.
There was general cheering when the bill
was read.
THE Austrian and German Empcrors met
at Gastein on the 9Th.
WILLIAM NJ. GIBSON, the deposed Prime
Minister OF the Hawaiian Kingdom, who
was tried on charges of robbing the public
Treasury, and who escaped from the island
after his acquittal, arrived at San Francis
John D. Spreckles.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt
throughout the Island Of Cyprus on the 7th.
CASES Of cholera were reported at Pa
lermo, Messina and Resina on the 7th.
There were five new cases and two deaths
in Malta.
WILroRp WOODRUFF, one Of the apostles,
has assumed the presidency Of the Mormon
Church. He is in hiding from the officers
of tho Law.
EVIDENCE goes to show that Mooney, the
New York dynamiter, was concerned in
several of the explosions which created so
much CONSERVATION in the United Kingdom
q year or two ago.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
sOS compared with the corresponding week
Of last year. In New York the increase
was 49.
DISCOUNT was firm and stocks were
dropping in the early part of the week
ended August on the London exchange.
Later stocks improved. The Paris boarse
was quiet; Berlin firm with fractional
advance; Frankfort firm.
CAPTAIN RICHARD WooLroLK, his wife,
FIVE children and the aunt of Mrs Voolfolk
were horribly butchered near Macon, Ga,
the other day. Suspicion rests upon
Thomas c. Voolfolk, son by u previous
marriage, the object being to obtain poses
sion of his fathers property.
A PLATFORM collapsed at Milwaukee,
Wis, during tho launching Of q steam
barge on the 9th. About hundred persons
were precipitated into the water, four Ut
whom were killed and many injurG.
WHITELEI's enormous drapery and gen.
eral store and warehouse in Westbourne
Grove and Queens road, Paddinston. Lon
Con, were partially destroyed by fire ON
the 9th. The damage was placed at 81 ,250,-
COO. Two OF the employees and three fire.
men were killed by the breaking Of frail
bridge connecting the premises.
AMOS REED. at ono time acting Governor
Of Utah, died suddenly on the 7th at his
home near Branchville, Prince George
County, Md, aged fifty-four.
ENoiSKsR-IS-C CHIEF CHARLES b. LoRISe
has resigned as head OF the Bureau OF
Steam Engineers in the Navy Department,
ard Chief Engineer George w. Melville
has been appointed by the President in his
place.
IT is current report at the City Of Mexico
that American, French and English, Gapi-
talists are preparing to open strong bank
ing institutions in that country.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
The bIiilbrook Tornado.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. additional advices
from the town Of Millbrook, Kan, which
was struck, by cyclone last Thursday
evening are TO the effect that the place was
practically demolished, seventy nine build
ings, including hotels, school house,
churches, stores and residences, being
wholly or nearly destroyed The losses
foot up S6S, 100
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
THE WEST.

The wESIs
MRs FANNIE HOME, at Tuscola, Ill, the
otter day attempted to drive q mad bull
Out Of the front yard. She fought the AMI
msl as long as her strength held out, and,
rs no one came to her assistance, her life
WIS trsmpled and gored out before the
eyes of her two little children.
DR. ST. john, owner Of the schooner
Blake, by which boat Mc4arigle, the
boodler, made his escape, has been ar
rssted by the Chicago authorities.
The preliminary trial ut Detroit, Mich,
% Sergeant Clark, Of the Twenty third
regiment United States infantry, for the
shooting Of Private Albert Stone, resulted
in his discharge. Stone, who had been
sentenced to military prison for conduct
derpgatory to military discipline. tried to
escape, and Clark. who was on guard, shot
hiLL
sosIE HoLMEs, confidential clerk of Har-
Pc, Of the Fidelity Bank, Cincinnati, has
be.n released, supposed ON the condition Of
promising to testify As to the inside work
fhgs Of the defuuct institution.
THE Gentle vote in Utah in the recent
elections was more satisfactory than any
previously pclled.
FIRE the other morning DESTROYED the
caoin Of Philip Little, situated in Cali
fNnis gulch, near Leadville, Col Two
seepiug babies were burned to q crisp.
I he father had gone to his work and the
Lsother to q nei2hbor'a.
The Ohio Democratic Central Committee
ret at Columbus on the Sd. An executive
Gsmmittee Of twenty-one members was Sc
ls<ted, with the following officers: Irving
Hangar. of jackson, chairman; J. A. Nor
tn, Seneca, vice chairman; J. &. New
csmer, Delaware, secretary; g. W. 4eeker,
Columbus. corresponding. secretary, and J.
+. Sarber, Columbus, treasurer.
GEORGE ". NELLIs. JR., arrived at San
Francisco on the Sd from New York. hav-
iEs made the trip on bicycle. He started
Nay "a, but lost fifteen days by rough
weather, and he lost twenty-three pounds
{. weight. He averaged fifty miles day.
En made the trip in the interest of q sport
ing newspaper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-12
GENERAL.

A SOCIALIST meeting IN London recently
was brought to a sudden termination and
the assemblase dispersed by the advent Of
a mad dog. Two girls were severely bitten,
and several men and women were injured
by falling and being trampled upon by
others in their haste to get away.
An immense immigration movement is
proceeding in Central Russia. Peasants
and farmers are going in large numbers to
Western Siberia, where free pasture and
arabic lands abound. The movement
threatens TO result in q serious agricultural
crisis. 1t is reported that the Government
will stop the migration.
The Italian commander at Hassowah has
concluded treaties with several native
tribes.
A NETTING of Parnellite members was
held in London on the LIST, at which it was
decided to pursue passive policy after
the passage Of the Land bill and allow the
session to reach q speedy termination.
G. o. TaEvELYAN, the Liberal candidate,
was elected in the Bridgeton division Of
Glasgow. Scotland, on the ID. The polling
showed Increased gains for the Home Rule
party.